References for Alaska:

The following references were used to prepare for the trip to Alaska


Alaska

Bell's Alaska Travel Guide............................Best description of highways & good info on towns
Camera,,,,,,..................................................View of 4th St in Anchorage
Fairbanks News Visitors Guide....................Good source with City breakdown and maps shown
Ferry System Home Page............................Get schedules for Alaska ferry
Internet Travel Guide ..................................Links to alaskan businesses with also good pictures
Mining Company.History..............................Very Informative Web page
Outdoor Resource Listings...........................For Outdoor activities, look here first
Railroad Corporation Home Page................Train scheduler & Tour packages available
State Home Page...........................................Find out anything pertaining to government
State Tourism Marketing guide...................Check out Alaska by Region
White Pages................................................Start here if looking for somebody

Personal Homepages

Travels w/ Samantha from Boston to Alaska...........93 trip, very informative and educational
Arctic Circle Twice on a Harley.........................Good writing with pictures and interesting stories
Teel Family Web Site.............................Good family page that also has info on Homeschool

Cities

Chicken, Alaska Homepage!.......................Don't forget Chicken University
Cities towns and villages..................Good starting point for info on small villages
Homer............................................................1997 Recreation & Tour homepage
Juneau, Alaska...............................Thorough, maintained by Public Library
Kodiak............................................................Good Homepage by Visitor's Bureau
Nome.............................................................From the Convention & Visitor's Bureau
Southeast Alaska........................................Good starting page, over 500 links

Internet Servers

Ketchikan server..........................................Info on southern Alaska & homepages
MosquitoNet!.................................................Businesses & Homepages in Fairbanks
Puffin............................................................Alaskan server w/ many homepages
PolarNet........................................................Large list of homepages in Alaska

Media

Heartland Magazine.......................................Great local magazine, check back issues
Ecola: Newsstand: Alaska............................Select from 15 different papers in Alaska

Weather, Volcanoes & Earthquakes

Earthquake Information Center....................Check on most recent earthquakes
Volcano Observatory...................................Thorough info on volcanoes, see pictures
Weather......................................................Selecat location on map for hourly update

BOOKS

American Automobile Association (AAA) and the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA), Western Canada and Alaska Tour Book

Alaska Geographic, published quarterly by the Alaska Geographic Society, P. O. Box 93370, Anchorage, AK 99509-3370, subcriptions ($49 a year) and back issues available.

Calhoun, Bruce, Northwest Passages, SF: Miller Freeman Publications, 1992.

Connor, Cathy & O'Haire, Daniel, Roadside Geology of Alaska (Roadside Geology Series), Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing Copmp., 1996.

DeLorme Mapping, Alaska Atlas and Gazetteer, Freeport MN: DeLorme Mapping, 1992.

Eppenbach, Sarah, Alaska's Southeast: Touring the Inside Passage, Connecticut: Globe Piquot Press, 1994.

Inside Guide: Alaska, Singapore: Hofer Press, 1995.

Kelly, Don Greame, Edge of a Continent: The Pacific Coast from Alaska to Baja, Palo Alto: American West Publishing, 1971.

Kizzia, Tom, The Wake of the Unseen Object: among the native cultures of bush Alaska, New York: Henry Holt, 1991.

Krell, Dorothy (ed.), Alaska (A Sunset Pictorial), Menlo Park: Lane Magazine & Book Company, 1974.

Leo, Richard, Edges of the Earth, New York: Henry Holt, 1991.

Leo, Richard, Way Out Here: Modern Life in Ice-Age Alaska, Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 1996.

Miller, Mike and Marilyn, Camping Alaska and Canada's Yukon: the Motorist's Handbook of North Country Campgrounds and Roadways, Seattle: Pacific Search Press, 1987.

Molvar, Erik, Scenic Driving Alaska and the Yukon, Helena, MT: FalconPress, 1996.

Muir, John, The Cruise of the Corwin, SF: Sierra Club, Reprint, 1993

Muir, John, Travels in Alaska, SF: Sierra Club, Reprint, 1988.

Murray, John A., ed. A Republic of Rivers: Three Centuries of Nature Writing from Alaska and the Yukon, Oxford University Press, 1990.

O'Malley, Michael F., Ferry Travel Adventures in Washington, British Columbia and Alaska, Louisville, KY: Rsh Media, 1996

Pels J. R. B., Unga Island Girl (Ruth's Book), Walnut Creek, CA: Hardscratch Press, 1995.

Poor, Henry Varnum, An Artist Sees Alaska, New York: Viking Press, 1945.

Rogers, Susan Fox, ed., Alaska Passages: 20 Voices from above the 54th parallel, Seattle: Sasquatch books, 1996.

Sherwood, Morgan, Ed., The Cook Inlet Collection: Two Hundred Years of Selected Alaskan History, Anchorage: Alaska North- west Publishing Comp., 1976.

Simmerman, Nancy, Alaska's Parklands: the Complete Guide, Revised Edition, Seatte: The Mountainers, 1991.

Specht, Robert (as told by Anne Hobbs), Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1976.

Vipond, Anne, Alaska By Cruie Ship: The Complete Guide to the Alaska Cruise Experiece, Vancouver, BC: Alaska Cruise Guides, 1995.

West, Carolyn and Jack, Cruising the Pacific Coast: Mexico to Alaska, SF: Miller Freeman Publications, 1970.